Rules Of The Road Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDCD EFEFGHGH IJIJFKFK FLFLEMNM| WHAT man would be wise let him drink of the river | A |
| That bears on its bosom the record of time | B |
| A message to him every wave can deliver | A |
| To teach him to creep till he knows how to climb | B |
| Who heeds not experience trust him not tell him | C |
| The scope of one mind can but trifles achieve | D |
| The weakest who draws from the mine will excel him | C |
| The wealth of mankind is the wisdom they leave | D |
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| For peace do not hope to be just you must break it | E |
| Still work for the minute and not for the year | F |
| When honor comes to you be ready to take it | E |
| But reach not to seize it before it is near | F |
| Be silent and safe silence never betrays you | G |
| Be true to your word and your work and your friend | H |
| Put least trust in him who is foremost to praise you | G |
| Nor judge of a road till it draw to the end | H |
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| Stand erect in the vale nor exult on the mountain | I |
| Take gifts with a sigh most men give to be paid | J |
| 'I had' is a heartache 'I have' is a fountain | I |
| You're worth what you saved not the million you made | J |
| Trust toil not intent or your plans will miscarry | F |
| Your wife keep a sweetheart instead of a tease | K |
| Rule children by reason not rod and mind marry | F |
| Your girl when you can and your boy when you please | K |
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| Steer straight as the wind will allow but be ready | F |
| To veer just a point to let travelers pass | L |
| Each sees his own star a stiff course is too steady | F |
| When this one to Meeting goes that one to Mass | L |
| Our stream's not so wide but two arches may span it | E |
| Good neighbor and citizen these for a code | M |
| And this truth in sight every man on the planet | N |
| Has just as much right as yourself to the road | M |
John Boyle O'reilly
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